In the 1950s at Philadelphia’s Gilded Cage coffeehouse, Richard Kaufman sang and played his guitar for circles of friends and strangers, mixing American folk songs by Pete Seeger and The Weavers with Israeli songs like “Dodi Li” and “Yamin U’Simol.” At a Sunday afternoon song circle at the Gilded Cage, he met a teenager named … Continue reading Richard Kaufman, Jewish Musician and Longtime Philadelphian, Dies at 89